Re: NetBSD on FPGA

[Maya <sh3.m4y4%gmail.com@localhost>]

Jean-Francois Boudreault <jfboudre <at> gel.ulaval.ca> writes:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to get NetBSD boot on a Xilinx FPGA board with PPC405 
> processor. I started my port from evbppc-port but I can't get any 
> output on serial port when booting my netbsd image on the board.
> 
> - I got Montavista Linux to boot on the board, I know we need to 
> generate librairies from Xilinx EDK and use them for kernel 
> compiltation. The libairies contain the hardware configuration from 
> FPGA (like uart base address, etc.). Do I need to setup these 
> hardware addresses in NetBSD kernel and where do I put them in the 
> evbppc-port sources before compiling the kernel?
> 
> - The board can boot a zImage elf file from Linux kernel compilation. 
> Can I use directly netbsd kernel file or do I need to put the kernel 
> in some other format?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jean-Francois Boudreault
> Laval University
> Quebec, Canada
> 
> 

Hi Jean, 

I saw your posting regarding getting Montavista Linux to boot on Xilinx FPGA 
board with PPC405. I am currently trying to do the same thing on Xilinx ML403 
board, but I am stuck on the part where Montavista Linux is loading its kernel 
configuration. It stops at: "Freeing unused kernel memory: 60k init. 
nfs: server 192.168.1.137 not responding, still trying" The nfs and dhcp are 
running properly. Did you ever encounter this problem before? Thank you in 
advance.

Maya